Dropped the game almost a year ago after finishing the Belobog arc. Picked it back up for the 1 year anniversary celebration and almost immediately pulled Acheron and her 5 star Light Cone and now the game feels fun and worth playing again. I see the big numbers Slashed Dream does and it instantly gives me a dopamine rush.
Also both The Xianzhou Luofu storyline and the Penacony storyline were a LOT more interesting than the Belobog one because one felt more distinctly rooted in Chinese mythology and the other was this surreal dreamscape sci-fi murder mystery and they both were much more unique compared to the opening Belobog story which was a pretty standard sci-fi civil war story I've seen many times before (I still liked the actual characters though)
There's tons of new content and game modes to explore coming back almost a year later as well, I'd say they've improved the game a lot. I do still wish the combat wasn't so simple, but even with how simple it is, I've been addicted enough to spend another 60+ hours on this game since I picked it back up, so I guess that should say something. It also helps that HSR might be one of the most generous gachas that I've ever played giving F2P users the chance to earn thousands of Stellar Jade (The currency you use for the gacha pulls) so you could easily save up 100s of pulls even as a F2P user.
At the end of the day I'm glad I picked Star Rail back up and have been enjoying my time with it a lot and will probably continue to play it on and off because now I'm pretty invested in the world and characters and I look forward to seeing the continuing adventures of the Astral Express crew.
Also both The Xianzhou Luofu storyline and the Penacony storyline were a LOT more interesting than the Belobog one because one felt more distinctly rooted in Chinese mythology and the other was this surreal dreamscape sci-fi murder mystery and they both were much more unique compared to the opening Belobog story which was a pretty standard sci-fi civil war story I've seen many times before (I still liked the actual characters though)
There's tons of new content and game modes to explore coming back almost a year later as well, I'd say they've improved the game a lot. I do still wish the combat wasn't so simple, but even with how simple it is, I've been addicted enough to spend another 60+ hours on this game since I picked it back up, so I guess that should say something. It also helps that HSR might be one of the most generous gachas that I've ever played giving F2P users the chance to earn thousands of Stellar Jade (The currency you use for the gacha pulls) so you could easily save up 100s of pulls even as a F2P user.
At the end of the day I'm glad I picked Star Rail back up and have been enjoying my time with it a lot and will probably continue to play it on and off because now I'm pretty invested in the world and characters and I look forward to seeing the continuing adventures of the Astral Express crew.